I did not run away from Haji Ali: Trupti Desai

April 29, 2016 16:48

"As I was getting out of my car at Haji Ali some activists from the AIMIM charged towards me with lathis and knives. In order to protect us, the police took our car ahead of the dargah."

But, says Trupti Desai, the woman who has changed the laws for women to enter temples, says her fight to open Haji Ali to women is not over.

Desai spoke to Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com. Read the interview here.

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